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ter support sustainability development, the During the SAMENA ACCELERATOR, a short on fixed network development as mobile
ICT industry has played a key role, enabling ceremony, which included government networks undergo evolution beyond 5G.
green transition of almost all the other representatives from Saudi Arabia Leveraging Net5.5G in IP bearer and
industries. From the end-to-end network and Bahrain, as well as private-sector data center network capabilities for the
perspective, full fiber is the answer." representatives from broadband, Fiber, and intelligent world, 10Giga networks will
IPv6 focused entities, marked the beginning provide the necessary means to future-proof
SAMENA Council observes that the region, of SAMENA Council’s infrastructure focus digitalization and digital transformation
particularly, and neighboring regions, gen- on 10Giga. in the region. To this effect, this 10Giga
erally, need to come at par with economies initiative by SAMENA Council will further
with more experience in digital transforma- The SAMENA Accelerator on 10Giga pave the way toward building sustainable
tion. To do that, drastic steps are needed to infrastructure development, building on a digital economies in the region.
further broadband development and IPv6 past edition of the summit on improving
transformation, of which moving toward fiberization and IPv6 transition policies
“10 Gigabit” would be a leap forward. in the region, aimed to accelerate focus

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